page_title: West Village
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: West Village / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: The building used for the exterior of Carrie Bradshaw's House in Sex and the City, 66 Perry Street between Bleecker and West 4th Streets in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, was built c.1899, and is located in the Greenwich Village Historic District. (Sources: NYC GIS map and IMDB)
context_page_description: The West Village is a neighborhood in the western section of the larger Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City.
  The traditional boundaries of the West Village are the Hudson River to the west, West 14th Street to the north, Greenwich Avenue to the east, and Christopher Street to the south. Other popular definitions have extended the southern boundary as far south as Houston Street, and some use Seventh Avenue or Avenue of the Americas as the eastern boundary. The Far West Village extends from the Hudson River to Hudson Street, between Gansevoort Street and Leroy Street. Neighboring communities include Chelsea to the north, the South Village and Hudson Square to the south, and the Washington Square neighborhood of Greenwich Village to the east.
  The West Village is part of Manhattan Community District 2, and is patrolled by the 6th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Residential property sale prices in West Village are among the most expensive in the United States, typically exceeding US$2,100 per square foot in 2017.
context_section_description: Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of the West Village neighborhood tabulation area was 66,880, a change of -1,603 (-2.4%) from the 68,483 counted in 2000. Covering an area of 583.47 acres (236.12 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 114.6 inhabitants per acre (73,300/sq mi; 28,300/km²). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 80.9% (54,100) White, 2% (1,353) African American, 0.1% (50) Native American, 8.2% (5,453) Asian, 0% (20) Pacific Islander, 0.4% (236) from other races, and 2.4% (1,614) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.1% (4,054) of the population.
  The approximate residential population in the West Village is 34,000 people based on seven 2010 Census Tracts for Manhattan Community District 2. Some population characteristics include:
  10% of the population in the West Village is less than 20 years old (27% of population of entire US is less than 20 years old)
  45% of the population in the West Village is 20–39 years old (versus 27% in entire US)
  Females aged 20–39 make up 25% of the population in the West Village (13% of population in entire US) Females aged 20–29 make up 14% of the population in the West Village versus 7% in the entire US. Females in West Village represent 52% of the population versus 51% in all of the US.
  80% of the population was born in the US (87% in entire US)
  Average household income by census tract was $180,000 (compared to $51,000 average household income by state for entire US)
  A study by NYU estimated that 8,000 workers commute to the West Village during the workweek.
  About 13,000 out-of-town visitors also visit the neighborhood daily. A portion of these approximately 139,452 domestic and international visitors that enter the city daily visit or stay in the West Village; an average of 11,000 people visit the High Line every day.
caption: 66 Perry Street was featured in Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw's house.
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